{"id":62,"date":"2007-03-16T02:33:52","date_gmt":"2007-03-16T06:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/2007\/03\/16\/my-medal-pedal-boss-distortion-ds-1\/"},"modified":"2011-07-14T03:26:14","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T07:26:14","slug":"my-medal-pedal-boss-distortion-ds-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/2007\/03\/16\/my-medal-pedal-boss-distortion-ds-1\/","title":{"rendered":"My Medal Pedal &#8211; Boss Distortion DS-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>I honestly did not use this pedal much after obtaining my 50 watt, HIWATT 1\/2 stack, but it was invaluable until I did. 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